AIDSTAR-One Spotlight
Title: Alcohol and Risky Sex: Breaking the Link
In countries battling the most severe HIV epidemics in the world, there is yet another powerful and under-addressed structural force at play: the ubiquitous availability of cheap alcohol and drinking norms that encourage its hazardous use. Katherine Fritz advocates for a multilevel response to alcohol and risky sex behavior.
Title: A Holistic Approach to HIV Prevention Programming for Female Sex Workers
With recent epidemiology showing a continual rise in HIV rates among sex workers, Melissa Ditmore argues that now is time to develop holistic, effective, and efficient programming.
Title: Balancing Research With Rights-Based Principles of Practice for Programming for Men Who Have Sex With Men
In this issue of Spotlight on Prevention, George Ayala underscores the need for increased attention to and resources for HIV prevention programming for MSM.
Title: Reducing HIV Infection in Young Women in Southern Africa: The Key to Altering Epidemic Trajectories in a Generalized, Hyperendemic Setting
Quarraisha Abdool Karim calls on implementers to “push the paradigm,” amplifying promising approaches to HIV prevention among young sub-Saharan women. Innovative approaches are urged to further the impact of school completion programs, test and treat frameworks, and interventions to increase accurate self-risk perception
Title: The Astonishing Neglect of an HIV Prevention Strategy: The Value of Integrating Family Planning and HIV Services
Rose Wicher and Ward Cates from FHI make the case for increased attention to prevention of unintended pregnancy among HIV-infected women in this edition of Spotlight on Prevention.
Title: Uganda’s Zero Grazing Campaign
Helen Epstein provides insight into her book examining Uganda's pioneering Zero Grazing Campaign targeting multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships.
